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Interview with Mish, Sally, Pace, Baby, Jamie, Gerard, Jessica, Manuel, Raella, LKai, Josie, George, Terry and Miles

JM: How many meals did you get per day?
Mish: 3
Sally: THREE
Pace: 3 but sometimes 2. you could win the lottery and get four if they screw up cause you went to court.
Baby: Because I was lost in the loop 2 if I was lucky when I got a cell 3 But I could only stomach to eat about 1/2 of one
Jamie: three
Gerard: 3 meals a day. First meal is around 5:30 am or so consisting of radioactive pancakes and whatever else is available. Lunch is always a mystery-meat sandwich, a carton of milk and maybe some carrot sticks. Dinner was actually decent and I looked forward to it. Burgers, spaghetti, etc. were standard offerings.
Jessica: 3
Manuel: 3
Raella: 3
LKai: Three.
Josie: 3
George: We got a hot breakfast, a bag lunch, and a hot dinner.
Terry: YOU GET THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY.
Miles: We got three meals a day.

JM: How would you rate the food? Please give details of why.
Mish: Not bad
Sally: I DIDNT COMPLAIN I JUST ATE IT... IT WAS FREE...LOL
Pace: shit
Baby: Dogs eat better
Jamie: crappy
Gerard: I didn't want to partake in breakfast because I showered peacefully by myself while other guys went to breakfast. Lunch wasn't too bad but it does get tiresome of having the same thing every day. Dinner is probably a 6 out of 10.
Jessica: Some of it is awful...like the sack lunches. The hot meals are okay though
Manuel: sometimes good sometimes bad dessert is good
Raella: moderate, no seasoning, but some of it, and ONLY some, was downright GOOD.
LKai: You get something different for breakfast and lunch every time. But the sack-lunches are the same, balogna sandwiches (2), with a carton of milk and cookies. It gets old fast.
Josie: horrible....all the meat is fake...it was soy...
George: The bag lunches were terrible. The bread was often stale, the meat was often discolored, and the milk had usually leaked. Terrible. The hot meals were much better, but I may believe that because I worked in the kitchen and therefore was able to give myself bigger portions of the particular items I enjoyed.
Terry: THE FOOD REALLY, REALLY, SUCKED IN JAIL. THE FOOD WAS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE HERE. NO REAL MEATS OR PROTEINS, ALL PROCESSED FOODS. VERY POOR SMALL PORTION SIZES, ALWAYS COLD, ALWAYS HAVE TO STAND IN A LONG LINE AND THEY BRING IT TO YOU, LET IT SIT OUTSIDE FOR 30 MINUTES WHILE THEY TAKE THEIR TIME AND COUNT...DISGUSTING!
Miles: The food was a two out of ten in my opinion. IT was just a bunch of instant microwave dinner type of food and then aside of donated fruit or vegetable. They served this weird salisbury steak looking piece of meat I guess, not exactly sure. I always gave most of my food away.

JM: Did you have any favorite/least favorite meals?
Mish: Favorite was chile con carne, least favorite was fish
Sally: FAVORITE HMMM THE SLOPPY JOES, AND SPAGETTI AND LEAST WAS THE LIVER
Pace: If i worked in the kitchen it was good. If not i remember the unsanitary conditions when I ate.
Baby: Oh that would been breakfast surprise ragu throw on eggssurprize and what ever they could find to throw in there it was the most gross thing I ever smelled or looked in my entire life and I never even touched it
Jamie: put it this way ill never eat a bologna sandwhich again
Gerard: Not really. I only ate to keep my energy up and I couldn't care less what we ate.
Jessica: Yes
Manuel: sos for breakfast
Raella: Pasta salad was yummy, bologna sandwhiches not too bad, haha. All the veges had no flavor whatsoever.
LKai: No.
Josie: lunch...i hate bologne sandwiches
George: They had a biscuits and gravy meal we called Shit on a Shingle (they called it country breakfast) and it was pretty good. The bag lunches were the worst.
Terry: I HAD NO FAVORITE MEALS AT ALL WHILE IN JAIL. ALL OF IT SUCKED, AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO EAT TO LIVE I WOULD HAVE NOT EATEN ANY OF IT.
Miles: The Salisbury steak was probably my least favorite meal, I guess oatmeal was probably my favorite meal everyday. The fact that oatmeal was my favorite is terrible, and speaks volumes to how bad food was there.

JM: Were there any other snacks offered outside of meals? What was commissary like and how expensive was it?
Mish: Only if you bought it on commissary
Sally: IF YOU BOUGHT IT OFF COMMISSARY
Pace: Yes
Baby: No
Jamie: commisary
Gerard: If your family put money on your account, then you can order commissary which could be Top Ramen noodles, kool-aid packs, tea bags, various chips, etc. Lots of inmates became masters at mixing the various items and making food out of them. I didn't get a chance to really eat much of their creations but I heard that someone figured out how to make salsa out of spicy Cheetos and that someone figured out how to make orange chicken flavor out of orange kool-aid packs.
Jessica: no
Manuel: yeah you have commisary but you have to buy it very expensive
Raella: no
LKai: Only through commissary.
Josie: commissary
George: The commissary was stocked with a lot of brand name snacks as well as juice drinks, coffee (thank God) and the like. It was pretty expensive indeed, but more like convenience store expensive than anything else. ($0.65 for a ramen pack) Because I worked in the kitchen, I got some extra snacks, but only when preparing, serving, or cleaning up.
Terry: WELL, COMMISSARY WAS THE ONLY OTHER SOURCE OF FOOD YOU COULD GET TO. IT WAS ALL ONLY JUNK FOOD OFFERED. MOST OF IT WAS FAIRLY CHEAP INDIVIDUALLY BOTH GETS EXPENSIVE WHEN ORDERING FOR THE WEEK, ONLY ONCE A WEEK.
Miles: Yes, you could buy chips, candy bars, noodles, and other items from the commissary. If you had no money on your account you were out of luck unless you knew how to hustle people for snacks.

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